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| Integumentary (Epidermal and dermal regions) |
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Definition
| protects deeper organs from injury; excretes salts and urea; aids in the regulation of body temperature; produces vitamin D |
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| Skeletal (Bones, cartilage, tendons and joints) |
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Definition
| provides body support and protection for internal organs; provides levers for muscular action; cavities provide a site for blood and cell formation |
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| Muscular (muscles attached to the skeleton) |
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Definition
| primary function is to contract or shorten; allow for locomotion, grasping, and manipulation of the environment and facial expressions; generates heat |
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| Nervous (brain, spinal cord, nerves, and sensory receptors) |
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Definition
| allows body to detect change to the internal or external environment and to respond with appropriate muscles and glands; helps to maintain homeostasis via rapid transmission of electrical signals |
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| Endocrine (pituitary, thymus, thyroid, parathyroid, adrenal and pineal gland; ovaries, testes and pancreas) |
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Definition
| helps maintain body homeostasis; promotes growth and development; produces chemical messengers (hormones) that travel in the blood to exert their effect on target hormones |
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| Cardiovascular (heart, blood vessels and blood) |
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Definition
| transport system that carries blood containing oxygen, carbon dioxide, nutrients, wastes, ions, and hormones from the tissue cells where exchanges are made; blood is propelled through pumping action of the heart; antibodies and other protein molecules in the blood act to protect the body |
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| Lymphatic/Immunity (lymphatic vessels, lymph nodes, spleen, thymus, tonsils) |
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Definition
| picks up fluid leaked from blood vessels and returns it to the blood; cleanses blood of pathogens; houses lymphocytes that protect the body from antigens |
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| respiratory (nasal passages, pharynx, larynx, trachea, bronchi and lungs) |
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Definition
| keeps blood supplied with oxygen while removing carbon dioxide; contributes to the acid base balance of the blood via its carbonic acid-bicarbonate buffer system |
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| Digestive (oral cavity, esophagus, stomach, small and large intestines) |
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Definition
| breaks down foods so they can be absorbed into blood for delivery to the body cells; undigested residue removed from the body as feces |
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| Urinary (Kidneys, ureters, bladder, and urethra) |
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Definition
| rids the body of nitrogen-containing wastes; maintains water, electrolyte and acid-base balance of the blood. |
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| Reproductive; male (testes, prostate gland, scrotum, penis, and duct system) |
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Definition
| provides germ cells for perpetuation of the species |
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| Reproductive; female (ovaries, uterine tubes, uterus, mammary glands, and vagina) |
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Definition
| provides germ cells (eggs) the female uterus houses the developing fetus until birth |
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